Historical Events In September - 16

1859  Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania & Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone on September - 16.   

1861  Battle of Princeton WV on September - 16.   

1862  Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) on this day in history.   

1863  On September - 16 robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.   

1864  On this day in history battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)   

1867  On September - 16 ottawa Rough Riders & Senators play Canadian Football game   

1872  On this day in history henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate)   

1873  On this day in history german troops leave France   

1875  James Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney) on this day in history.   

1877  James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe) on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes)   

1880  Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Loom of Years, Highwayman) on this day in history.   

1882  On September - 16 mart Saar, composer   

1885  Puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup on September - 16.   

1885  Karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst on September - 16.   

1887  On this day in history hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor   

1888  On this day in history almira Sessions, Washington DC, actress (Okla Annie)   

1889  Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press) on this day in history.   

1890  Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers on September - 16.   

1890  On September - 16 newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers   

1890  Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Prague Czech, actor (Moon is Down, 3rd Man) on September - 16.   

1891  On September - 16 czeslaw Josef Marek, composer   

1892  Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y" on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders   

1893  On September - 16 cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders   

1893  Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungary, biochemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937) on September - 16.   

1894  On September - 16 clarence R Hennecke, Omaha NE, actor (Keystone Kops)   

1895  Charles W Bidwill Sr, Chicago, NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals) on this day in history.   

1896  Andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist on this day in history.   

1896  On September - 16 carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60   

1899  Hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50) on September - 16.   

1901  On this day in history alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County.   

1901  On this day in history andree Joly Bunet, France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32)   

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0016  On September - 16 birth of drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38)   

1098  Hildegard of Bingen, German magistra and the first composer whose biography is known (d. 1179) was born on this day in history.   

1386  On this day in history birth of traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist//sciencist/general   

1387  On September - 16 birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)   

1507  Jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567) was born on this day in history.   

1547  Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet was born on September - 16.   

1557  On September - 16 birth of jacques Mauduit, composer   

1574  On this day in history birth of samuel Coster, Dutch physician/playwright (Polyxena)   

0096  Death of Titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45 on September - 16.   

0655  Martinus I, bannished Pope (649-53), dies on September - 16.   

0827  On September - 16 death of pope Valentine   

1087  Victor III, [Dauferio/Desiderius], Italian Pope (1086-87), dies on September - 16.   

1100  On this day in history death of bernold of Constance, German chronicler (b. 1054)   

1345  Death of John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295) on September - 16.   

1380  On September - 16 charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies   

1394  Clement VII, [Robert de Geneve], Pope (1378-94), dies on September - 16.